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Teachers show cross-curricular literacy gains after LETRS training and innovative classroom work
Summary
Educators presented classroom examples integrating LETRS (language training) in PE, music and humanities; teachers and districts said training, local facilitators and cross-grade collaboration increased student vocabulary, reading engagement, and instructional coherence.
At the Feb. 10 State Board meeting teachers and program managers demonstrated how systematic literacy training (LETRS) is being embedded across subject areas to boost foundational reading skills.
Presenters included Mary Longer (ELA program manager), Tanner Helton (elementary PE teacher), and Claire Clifford (music teacher), who explained…
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